In this new and extremely informative text, Bain and Lauchs bring together a number of subject experts from around the world in an effort to explain the development, growth, and global expansion of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCGs) are increasing in popularity around the world and, in turn, have been receiving increased political and policing attention as potentially criminogenic organizations.
Utmost Resistance: Examining Sexual Violence Law in the United States discusses the history of sexual violence laws, the social and media forces that drive the laws, and the progress American society has made in recognizing and punishing such behavior.
In this revised fourth edition, the authors have updated the casebook in light of dramatic changes that have taken place in crime victims rights since the last edition.
West Virginia’s Criminal Justice System is a practical examination of crime, process, and policy responses in the "Mountain State". This book gives readers an opportunity to closely evaluate these issues as they are relevant to West Virginia.
When Justice Fails surveys the field of innocence scholarship to offer an overview of the key research, legal, and policy issues associated with wrongful convictions.
White Collar Crime: Cases, Materials, and Problems draw from the authors' practical experience in both prosecuting and defending white collar crime cases.
The book provides brief surveys of the history of criminological theory and American prisons and compares U.S. penology with that of other Western democracies. The authors also examine the political and economic factors that drive today’s mass incarceration phenomenon.